Criminology - Research
Exploring Urban Youth Culture Outside of the Gang Paradigm
Critical Questions of Youth, Gender and Race On-Road
Young people ‘on-road’ are often criminalised due to interlocking structural inequalities. Looking beyond concerns about gangs, the book addresses the concerns of practitioners, policy makers and scholars in analysing aspects and misinterpretations of the shifting realities of young people’s urban life.
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Border Harms and Everyday Violence
A Prison Island in Europe
The Greek island of Lesvos is frequently the subject of news reports on the refugee ‘crisis’. Drawing on her experiences as an activist in Lesvos refugee camps, Iliadou considers the impacts of EU deterrence policies and highlights the global responsibility for safeguarding refugees’ human rights.
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Contextual Safeguarding
The Next Chapter
This book shares stories from child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation and peer violence about what has been learnt from the Contextual Safeguarding approach to understanding harm that happens to young people in their communities and what is required to respond.
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Incarceration and Older Women
Giving Back Not Giving Up
For the first time, this book offers qualitative research on the lives and social relationships of older imprisoned women. In-depth interviews with 29 female prisoners in the south-eastern United States show that older women both engage in generative behaviours, or 'giving back', in prison and also wish to do so upon their release.
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The Criminalisation of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors
Voices from the Detention Processes in Greece
Greece is a key EU entry country for unaccompanied migrant minors seeking safety but such children are frequently criminalised through detention processes. Giving voice to migrant children throughout, Papadopoulos promotes child-friendly practices and the safeguarding of fundamental rights.
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Networked Crime
Does the Digital Make the Difference?
Considering digital affordances for crime, this book considers whether cyberculture is significantly escalating social harms. Matthew David gives fresh insights into online harms and behaviours in the fields of hate, obscenity, corruptions of citizenship and appropriation, offering a comprehensive guide to the field of cybercrime.
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Understanding Abuse in Young People’s Intimate Relationships
Female Perspectives on Power, Control and Gendered Social Norms
Gender-based violence is explored from the perspective of young women in this essential guide for those working with young people.
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Policing Environmental Protest
Power and Resistance in Pandemic Times
Addressing the contemporary urban eco-justice movement, this book draws on the case studies of two protest groups in Trento, Italy. Analysing the practices and policing of environmental activism during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, this book identifies directions for future critical and green criminological research in the area.
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Sex Work and COVID-19 in the New Zealand Media
Avoid the Moist Breath Zone
New Zealand’s decriminalisation of sex work, and its unusual success in combatting COVID-19, have both attracted international media interest. This accessibly written book uses the lens of news media coverage to consider the pandemic’s impacts on both sex workers and public perceptions of the industry.
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Crime, Justice and COVID-19
This edited collection offers the first system-wide account of the impact of COVID-19 on crime and justice in England and Wales. Integrating first-hand narratives, it provides a critical discussion of the challenges faced by criminal justice agencies, together with policy and practice recommendations for future pandemic planning.
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Gender-based Violence and Rurality in the 21st Century
Interdisciplinary Approaches
Gender-based violence (GBV) and its relationship to rurality is a challenging topic and this edited collection provides an innovative analysis of GBV in rural communities. The book explores patterns of violence in addition to GBV education and prevention, concluding with best practices to positively affect the lives of survivors.
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Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives on Policing, Security and Social Order
Postcolonial legacies continue to impact upon the Global South and this edited collection explores their influence on systems of policing and social ordering. Expanding the Southern Criminology agenda, the book critically examines social and environmental harms, violence and war crimes, human rights abuses and the criminalisation of protest.
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